RN Polly Taylor Gives Flu Shot
Applications For
Seedlings Available
Bacchus Hensley, Yancey
County Forest Ranger, ad
vises that forest tree seedling
applications are now avail
able. Several different species
can be ordered with White
Pine being best suited for
Yancey County.
Tree seedling applications
will be available at the Yancey
County Extension Office, the
ASCS Office, and Soil Con--
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Educators Meet At Open House
Looking toward a bright future for education In Yancey
County, educators are pictured during the open house at the
new Mountain Heritage High School last Sunday. Left to right
are Mountain Heritage Principal, Cara Cox; Yancey County
Mayland Technical Institute Receives
Funds For Special Training Classes
Mayland Technical Insti
tute located in Spruce Pine
has been awarded $97,568.00
in Federal Funds through the
Comprehensive Employment
Training Act (CETA) to
provide specialized occupa
tional training to eligible
■ residents of Mitchell, Avery
I fhf Yancey Counties. Ap
| proximately $66,000 of the
I funds will be used to provide a
■ Gass S'ze Training Programs
I in the areas of Ornamental
■ Horticulture in Avery County,
■ Stpall Engine Repair in
■ Yt}icey County, and Ntfrses
H Assistant Training in Mitchell
■ County. Approximately
■531,000 will be used for
Referral whereby
■eligible individuals will be
servatiop-Service Office in the
Courthouse in Burnsville.
./Landowners who are in
terested in ordering trees and
need additional information
should contact Yancey County
Forest Ranger Bacchus Hens
ley. Ranger Hensley can be
contacted by phone at 682-
2133 during the day or
682-6346 at night.
offered the opportunity of
pursuing a one-year Diploma
program at the Institute iiv
auto or diesel mechanics,
cosmetology, practical nurse
training, or electrical/elec
tronics installation. The
awards were made by the
Region D Council of Govern
ments on behalf of the North
Carolina Office of Employ
ment and Training.
Class Size Training Pro
grams in Small Engine Repair
for Yancey County residents,
and in Nurses Assistant
Training for Mitchell County
residents will begin in No
vember. Ornamental Horti
culture Training for Avery
County residents will begin in
January at a date
Swine Flu Vaccinations Begin
You have probably heard a
good deal about swine flu and
swine flu vaccine. You may
know, for example, that swine
flu caused an outbreak of
several hundred cases at Ft.
Dix, New Jersey, early in
1976--and that before then
swine flu had not caused
outbreaks among people since
the 1920’5. <
With the vast majority of
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Democrat Dinner,
Rally Scheduled
There will be a county
wide Democratic fund-raising
dinner and rally at Mountain
Heritage High School on
Saturday, October 23.
A fine musical program is
planned for 4 to 5 o'clock p.m.
followed by a good meal from
5 to 7 o’clock p.m. A short
speaking program will follow;
Rufus Edmiston is expected to
come by.
This is the final dinner of a
series in the various precincts
and the last fund-raising
event before the November
election. All Democrats
should come to share the food
and good time.
Tickets are $5 each, and
all precinct chairmen and
vice-chairmen have them.
They will also be available at
Democratic Headquarters and
School Superintendent, Ed Hunter; State School Superinten
dent, Dr. A. Craig Phillips; and member of the State Board of
Education, John Reynolds. Photo by Brian Westveer
announced.
Enrollment for Class Size
Training will be limited to 15
per class, selected according
to Federal and local CETA
guidelines. Applications for
enrollment in Small Engine
Repair and Nurses Assistant
Training will be taken on the
Mallonee Visit Slated
Tom L. Mallonee, 11th
Congressional District Assis
tant to Congressman Roy A.
Taylor, is now making sche
duled visits to the county
seats and other sections of the
counties. 1
On Thursday, October 14,
he will be at the Yancey
Americans being susceptible
to swine flu, it is possible that
there could be an epidemic
this winter. No one can say for
sure. However, if an epidemic
were to break out, millions of
people could get sick. There
fore, a special swine flu
vaccine has been prepared
and "tested which should
protect most people who
receive it.
at the door.
A limited number of
tickets, already paid for, are
available from the Chairman,
Mack Ray, for those long on
enthusiasm but short on
funds.
If you need transportation,
call your precinct chairman.
Spaghetti
Supper Set
There will be a spaghetti
supper at East Yancey Middle
School on Saturday night to
benefit the Panthers’ football
program. Tickets may be
purchased for $2.50 from any
East Yancey player or at East
Yancey, Micaville, and South
Toe Schools, or at the door on
Saturday night. Dinner will be
served from 5 to 7:30 p m.
second floor of the Institute’s
Classroom building (Old
Presbyterian Church in
Spruce Pine) from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. on October 18, 19. and
20th.
Trainee eligibles and se
lection will be determined by
October 22.
County Courthouse in Burns
ville from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
and at the Town Hall, Spruce
Pine, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Any person who has plans
or official business pertaining
to congressional matters is
invited to meet with Mr.
Mallonee at the above
specified times.
Swine flu vaccinations
began in Yancey County this
week with the delivery of 1200
doses of the vaccine, distribu
ted among the doctors and
Health Department from a
shipment that arrived last
Thursday. People began lin
ing up for their injections on a
first-come, first-served basis
on Tuesday morning at the
Health Department on Mitch -
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Local Woman’s
The North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, District
, 11, held its annual Fall Meeting at the Chalet Lodge in Little
Switzerland on October 2. Hostess clubs were the Burnsville
Woman’s Club and Spruce Pine Woman’s and Junior
Woman’s Clubs. Approximately 100 women attended the
meeting. Pictured are state and district officers at the front
Bills Approved By Congress
U.S. Rep. Roy A. Taylor
on Friday, the final legislative
day of the 94th Congress and
his last day on the House
Floor, secured final approval
of three legislative measures
' dealing >yith recreation in
Western North Carolina.
Taylor said the first bill
: provided for a study of a
proposed Mt. Mitchell Na
- tional Park in North Carolina
which would take in the Black
Mountain Range of North
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Republican candidates for office, both local and on the state
level, pose after the GOP Dinner last Saturday night, October
9. Pictured left to right are Walter Edwards, Ted Smith, Ed
ell Branch. The next ship
ments of the swine flu vaccine
should come in November and
December, but there is no
way of knowing, at present, if
amounts received will keep up
with the demand.
Right now, only persons
18 years old and above are
given the vaccine. Among
these people, the ones who
are healthy will receive the
Carolina, including Mt. Mitc
hell State Park and the nearby
federally-owned lands adja
cent to the Blue Ridge
Parkway, including the Crag
gy Mountains; the second
would list recreation on lakes
as one of the objectives of the
TVA; and the third provided
for a study of a proposed
Daniel Boone Scenic Trail
leading from Lexington,
North Carolina along the
general route taken by Boone
“Monovalent” type; those
who have chronic medical
problems such as heart
disease, bronchopulmonary
disease such as asthma,
emphysema, and chronic
bronchitis, those with chronic
renal failure and those with
diabetes mellitus and other
chronic metabolic disorders
will receive the “Bivalent”
type of vaccine.
Club Is Co-Host
table during the luncheon.
The Burnsville Woman’s Club will hold the October 14
meeting at 8 p.m. in the multi-purpose room of the Yancey
County Library. All members are urged to attend as this wffl be
an important business meeting. Photo by Brian Westveer
into Kentucky.
“It is hoped that the TVA
bill will increase the emphasis
on TVA lake and recreation
and will cause more con*fßer
ation to be given to recrea
tional needs and demands as
decisions are made concern
ing lake draw downs during
summer months”, Taylor
stated.
The 11th District Con
gressman said, “1 was ex
tremely busy on the House
Floor Friday and Friday night
Krause, James McKinney, Kenneth H. Roberson, Dave
Flaherty's ami, and Robert Rhinehart.
Bivalent vaccine is also
recommended for older per
sons, particularly those over
65 years.
One shot will protect most
people from swine flu during
the next flu season; however,
either a second shot or a
different dosage may be
required for persons under
age 25. Children aged 17 or
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as action was being taken to
iron out differences between
House and Senate versions of
many bills dealing with
national parks and recreation.
Some of them were omnibus
bills containing several simi
lar projects. On nine occa
sions I presented requests on
the House Floor to either
agree to a Senate amendment
or to disagree or to accept the
Senate amendment with an
additional House amend
ment.”